Honouring the Men who gave their lives whilst serving in the Merchant Navy
and whose names are on the Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll
and whose names are on the Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll
S. S. STROMBUS (London)
WW1
WW1
S.S. Strombus was damaged on 4 June 1918 by torpedo fired by German submarine UC-20. She was en route from Marseille to Port Said with a cargo of boxwood, war material and empty drums. The vessel made it to port and was repaired. Later she was converted into a whaling factory ship and was beached after striking a mine in 1940.
Fifth Engineer Officer Lionel James McMILLAN
Born: Redfern, Sydney, N.S.W. Mercantile Marine Killed in Action 4-6-1918 aged 28years Son of Archibald Henry and Clusha McMillan (nee Bereman), of South St., Granville, Cumberland, N.S.W. Honoured: Tower Hill Memorial, London, England Honoured Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll |
The Sydney Morning Herald (N.S.W.) 24-8-1918
McMILLAN.-Lionel J. McMillan, dearly beloved only son of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. McMillan, Granville, engineer, lost his life, being torpedoed in the Mediterranean, June 4, 1918
McMILLAN.-Lionel J. McMillan, dearly beloved only son of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. McMillan, Granville, engineer, lost his life, being torpedoed in the Mediterranean, June 4, 1918